First Things RSS Feed - Francis Beckwith https://www.firstthings.com/author/francis-beckwith en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:51:13 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/francis-beckwith 60 Baylor at the Crossroads https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/11/baylor-at-the-crossroads https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/11/baylor-at-the-crossroads Tue, 10 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0500 I joined Baylor University’s faculty in July 2003 after a brief stint as a Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton. What drew me to Baylor is what has attracted, and continues to attract, hundreds of other prospective faculty members: the ideals and goals of the school’s ambitious strategic vision, Baylor 2012 , and its successor, Pro Futuris .

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]]> Sects, Politics, and Religion https://www.firstthings.com/article/2011/04/sects-politics-and-religion https://www.firstthings.com/article/2011/04/sects-politics-and-religion Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Good and Bad Ways to Think About Religion and Politics
by Robert Benne
Eerdmans, 120 pages, $14

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]]> Review of The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture https://www.firstthings.com/article/2010/05/review-of-the-case-for-life-equipping-christians-to-engage-the-culture https://www.firstthings.com/article/2010/05/review-of-the-case-for-life-equipping-christians-to-engage-the-culture Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 The Case for Life:
Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture
by Scott Klusendorf
Crossway Books, 256 pages, $15.99

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]]> Book burning Halloween celebration at North Carolina church: Why didn’t I make the cut? https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/10/book-burning-halloween-celebration-at-north-carolina-church-why-didnt-i-make-the-cut https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/10/book-burning-halloween-celebration-at-north-carolina-church-why-didnt-i-make-the-cut Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:32:55 -0400

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]]> Obama wins Nobel prize because of “potential.” Fetus, not so lucky. https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/10/obama-wins-nobel-prize-because-of-potential-fetus-not-so-lucky https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/10/obama-wins-nobel-prize-because-of-potential-fetus-not-so-lucky Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:01:33 -0400

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]]> Kathleen Sebelius Meet St. Thomas More https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/09/kathleen-sebelius-meet-st-thomas-more https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/09/kathleen-sebelius-meet-st-thomas-more Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:00:42 -0400

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]]> Jim Wallis is seeing things, or is Jim Wallis just being appeared to? https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/08/jim-wallis-is-seeing-things-or-is-jim-wallis-just-being-appeared-to https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/08/jim-wallis-is-seeing-things-or-is-jim-wallis-just-being-appeared-to Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:33:57 -0400

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]]> About Those “Death Panels”… https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/08/about-those-death-panels https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/08/about-those-death-panels Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:20:29 -0400

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]]> EEOC to Catholic college, Belmont Abbey: Quit acting like Catholicism is true! https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/08/eeoc-critical-of-catholic-school-for-being-catholic https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/08/eeoc-critical-of-catholic-school-for-being-catholic Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:58:05 -0400

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]]> Pelosi: Obama may be Un-American? https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/08/pelosi-obama-may-be-un-american https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/08/pelosi-obama-may-be-un-american Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:45:21 -0400

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